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A personal overvieux of the history and the institutional development of the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, in Mendoza, Argentina, from its foundation in 1939 to 2009 is presented in this paper. Short reference to foundational documents and author’s personal memories, mainly centered in the Departamento de Letras of the institution from 1953 to recent years are mentioned. Reference is made to: academic evolution of the institution; students and teachers experience through different locations of the institution at different times; curricular
changes; libraries development; a personal appreciation of the achievements of the institution as wells as a critical view of some of the educational changes occurred in the last years. The article contains also name and personal profiles of some teachers, anecdotal and daily experiences of academic life and some references to other bibliographic materials on the same subject.

Disciplinas:Historia - Letras y literatura

Palabras clave:Profesores - - Historia de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - History of the institution - Students organizations